Editing In Harm's Way (section)

== Cast ==
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{{Cast listing|
* [[John Wayne]] as [[Captain (United States O-6)#U.S. Navy|Captain]] (later Rear Admiral) Rockwell W. "Rock" Torrey [[United States Navy|USN]]
* [[Kirk Douglas]] as [[Commander (United States)#Naval|Commander]] (later Captain) Paul Eddington, USN
* [[Patricia Neal]] as [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] Maggie Haines, [[United States Navy Nurse Corps|Nurse Corps]], [[USNR]]
* [[Tom Tryon]] as [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] (later Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander) William "Mac" McConnell, USN
* [[Paula Prentiss]] as Beverly McConnell
* [[Brandon deWilde]] as [[Ensign (rank)#United States|Ensign]] (later Lieutenant (junior grade)) Jeremiah Torrey, USNR
* [[Jill Haworth]] as Ensign Annalee Dorne, Nurse Corps, USNR
* [[Dana Andrews]] as [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] B. T. "Blackjack" Broderick, USN 
* [[Stanley Holloway]] as Clayton Canfil, Australian [[remittance man]] [[coastwatcher]]
* [[Burgess Meredith]] as Commander Egan T. Powell, USNR. Powell was based on Commander (later Rear Admiral) [[Gene Markey]], USNR
* [[Franchot Tone]] as the [[Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet|CINCPAC (Commander-in-Chief Pacific)]] during the attack on Pearl Harbor, based on Admiral [[Husband E. Kimmel]], USN.
* [[Patrick O'Neal (actor)|Patrick O'Neal]] as Commander (and former U.S. Congressman) Neal Owynn, USNR
* [[Carroll O'Connor]] as Commander (later Captain) Burke, USN. Burke was based on, and named after, Captain (later Admiral) [[Arleigh Burke]].
* [[Slim Pickens]] as [[Chief Petty Officer]] Culpepper, USN
* [[James Mitchum]] as Ensign Griggs, USN
* [[George Kennedy]] as [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Gregory, [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]]
* [[Bruce Cabot]] as Chief Petty Officer Quoddy, USN
* [[Barbara Bouchet]] as Liz Eddington
* [[Tod Andrews]] as Captain Tuthill, USN
* [[Larry Hagman]] as Lieutenant (junior grade) Cline, USN
* [[Stewart Moss]] as Ensign Balch, USN
* Richard Le Pore as Lieutenant (junior grade) Tom Agar, USN
* Chet Stratton as Ship's doctor
* [[Soo Young (Chinese American actress)|Soo Young]] as a tearful woman
* Dort Clark as Boston
* Phil Mattingly as [[PT Boat]] skipper
* [[Henry Fonda]] as a later CINCPAC, based on Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]], USN.
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===Uncredited cast===
{{Cast listing|
* Yankee Chang as Mortuary clerk
* Fritz Ford as Man at Mess Tent
* [[Christopher George]] as Sailor
* [[Jerry Goldsmith]] as Piano Player
* [[Hal Needham]] as USAAC officer in the Blue Lagoon Bar
* [[Hugh O'Brian]] as [[U.S. Army Air Corps|USAAC]] Major (Liz Eddington's lover)
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